The recent surge in assaults, burglaries and other violent crimes is spurring the Long Island City community into action.
Residents will take part in a public meeting with members of the 108th Precinct this week to discuss soaring crime rates in the area while a local group is planning to bring back private security to the Hunters Point waterfront when the weather heats up.
The public meeting will take place Thursday at Renew Queens, a community center located at 10-15 46th Rd., and Deputy Inspector Lavonda Wise – along with the 108th Precinct’s Neighborhood Coordination Officers and Crime Prevention Unit – will be in attendance. The gathering is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. and finish at 7:30 p.m.
The event is being organized by Johanna Carmona, a former prosecutor running for the Assembly District 37 seat, and aims to provide residents with an opportunity to have their say about the uptick in lawlessness plaguing the area. She expects up to 40 people to attend.
“There is a lot of concern about an increase in crime in the area, it’s pretty bad and very alarming,” Carmona said.
In the 108th precinct—which serves Long Island City, Sunnyside and Woodside—crime is up 42 percent for the year through April 3, compared to the same period a year ago, according to NYPD data. Robberies are up 108 percent, grand larceny is up 71 percent, while burglaries are up 16 percent.
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ROUND UP THE USUAL SUSPECTS!!!
If you don't like crime, you ain't black!
Oooh, let's have a meeting. That's gonna help.
Except 90% of the people at the meeting are going to go right back and vote the D column next election, like they always do. Progressives are now a perpetual motion machine in NYC. They can't be unseated.
NYC is becoming Ghettostan quickly, thanks progressives and also Adams voters
2 years to flatten the curve became 2 years of flatlining the economy !
Thanks DeMorats...
I'm not concerned. I live in a Red Constitutional Carry State - and you can bet, we carry.
Well, look on the positive side - the got rid of Amazon and all those low lifes that would have moved in. You can thank Mystery Man Gianaris for that.
https://therealdeal.com/issues_articles/after-amazon/
Queens Plaza North towers filled with drones who never venture out of their cells
and the fromer hotels filled with welfare. You can thank Mystery Man's friend who runs the local 'civic' for that.
That part of Queens remains a model of civic virtue. Not.
@“ I'm not concerned. I live in a Red Constitutional Carry State - and you can bet, we carry.”
The only thing you carry is a big fat ass.
Sad when people can’t fend for themselves without having to carry a gun. Must be a sign of weak fearful people.
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